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  1. Lizbie1
    Well I've just seen that the RO have said it will be revived again - several reviews claim(ed) otherwise so who knows whether the RO said something confusing or they've cancelled a new production. I'm not complaining though! (Fingers crossed that the new Tosca staging floated in Opera magazine goes the same way.)
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    I believe it's just been retired.
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    I actually dislike that Traviata production (weird, cramped sets for most of it - maybe I just don't "get" Bob Crowley like everyone else seems to) and wish they'd replace it - the trouble is, there's no guarantee the replacement would be any better.
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    Intrigued by the "Casting TBC" for two of the Swan Lake dates.
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    And for me.
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    Absolutely in agreement here. R&J holds up very well IMO but Mayerling and (particularly) Manon much less so. Another of my minority opinions I suppose!
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    I agree with several posters, IF I decide to go this time (and I'm not minded to at those prices) it will be the Kaneko/Muntagirov pairing that draws me.
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    He danced it at ROH, also with Nunez, in October 2019. I went because I thought that might be my last opportunity to see him in a full length ballet but I can't say I was bowled over.
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    Some very welcome debuts there!
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    I realise why they do it but I wish they wouldn't always lead with the top priced tickets - the average would be more honest and is in many cases bad enough.
  11. Lizbie1
    It is amazing - any substantial website should have a workflow set up requiring everything to be approved before publication, with overrides only for emergencies.
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    I went from Firefox to Chrome to Edge as the first two became respectively more difficult to work with and bloated. When Edge first switched to being Chromium based I found it far preferable to Chrome itself (which by then had become a huge memory hog), but recent "improvements" to Edge have left me wondering where to go next.
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    I am more sympathetic than many here to price rises (they don't have a lot of choice IMO) but this is mad. Quite apart from the question of Manon's box office appeal - and IIRC the amphi sales in particular were slow last time - view is far more important in ballet than in opera and the pricing needs to acknowledge that. I wonder if they have not grasped this simple fact.
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    If you go to/want to go to quite a few exhibitions every year it's worth considering the National Art Pass: costs £75 (less for the first year if you sign up for direct debit) and gets you 50% off exhibitions at most of the majors* and free admission to some places that normally charge, such as the Courtauld. *The Royal Academy is the main exception I can think of: usually only a measly couple of quid off and they're generally pretty expensive in the first place.
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    Very pleased for all the Nutcracker debutantes.
  16. Lizbie1
    But this assumes that they had prior notice. My guess is that they didn't.
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    Only one ticket this booking period, and that's for opera (Forza). That is a lot fewer than previously. I've also let my Friends membership lapse, to be resumed later in the season. The change is mostly down to this season's largely uninspiring programming and casting, but I'd probably have booked a Don Q or two if prices were lower. I can't see myself booking for Manon either at those prices (I'm not crazy about it anyway), so there might be no RB for me until the MacMillan triple in March.
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    Because decent experiences often go unrecorded: I only wanted one ticket. I queued for 10 minutes (after a long pause) and everything went fine.
  19. Lizbie1
    I was puzzling over the switch to English spelling!
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    Thar Electra Slips price is very strange. Do you have the other Slips prices for Electra? I usually sit there so am interested in whether the high price carries through to the cheaper Slips tickets.
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    I've gone for the classics programme because my view is that if you can only choose one show for a visiting company you haven't seen before, you should go with what they're best known for - unless there's a piece that you really want to see.
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    This feels expensive for Manon, which sometimes sells rather slowly. Assuming the £34 Amphi price applies to the front sides, that's a very steep increase on the £18 I paid in October 2019 during its last run.
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    To the best of my understanding, having been through this this season: Tickets are allocated on a first come first served basis (i.e. in order of the date/time when your request was submitted) on the appointed day of sales opening, so it's important to get your request in asap. Angela will probably have the best feel for availability of that date, but I would definitely give it a try. I can't speak for the process this season, but if it hasn't changed, you need to specify that you're from outside the EU on the form. When your seat is (hopefully!) allocated, they'll email giving you 3 days to pay for the tickets. Do monitor your inbox and spam folder carefully, as I nearly missed one of the emails as it had been marked as spam - though not the other! I found payment very straightforward, just follow the link and enter card details. Does this help?
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    Every time!
  25. Lizbie1
    But they start at a higher price - nothing for less than €29 for Giselle unless you're entitled to a concession.
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